Wednesday, April 27, 2011

...using Diagram.ly. No need for Visio, or other similar paid apps. Just an internet connection. And prayers that this web app don't go into unprofitability oblivion. Or that Google adds this to their Google Docs portfolio of online web apps. Or some other giant with loads of cash does.

Watch this demo of the creation of a 450-page presentation using only Google Docs, by 3 animators from 3 different locations, on YouTube. There's more similar videos. Just search YouTube for Google Demo Slam. Or just visit http://demoslam.com.

Thursday, April 14, 2011

Want to send a message for Japan and the people affected by the March 11, 2011 M9.0 earthquake and succeeding tsunami? Send one in your own language and it will be automatically translated to Japanese. Visit Messages for Japan. By Google. :-D

The New York Times will now feature a new "game" that will appear together with its iconic crossword puzzle. It's called a A Google A Day. The idea is, you will be given some clues, and then you have to guess the answer. You can use Google, of course. You can find today's and the past days' A Google A Day puzzle in http://agoogleaday.com/, or if you're browsing from your mobile, it's at http://agoogleaday.com/mobile.html. Happy Googling!

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Just in case you didn't know, that's a song by Leon Russell. I think I first heard about it from the House TV series.

Anyways, I've probably experienced this, too, while being in non-English speaking countries. Here, it's the other way around. The actress is Nanako Matsushima (松嶋 菜々子). This is a Nintendo DS commercial, by the way.

You can ask yourself that question in http://howsecureismypassword.net/, a simple but effective tool. But you might not be confident in typing your password in a not-so-known website, and I am definitely not vouching for this one. Although the interesting bit about that site is it tells you how long for an ordinary hacker's computer program (i.e. using a simple desktop computer) can crack/decode your password.

Monday, April 11, 2011

YACSA! (Yet Another Cloud Sync App! - in the spirit of YAGMA and YAPSA, on group messaging ala Kik and photo sharing ala Instagram apps, respectively, and the like) This time by well-known anti-virus software maker, AVG, with a product called LiveKive. They offer 5Gb for free accounts, and US$ 80 monthly for unlimited storage subject to Fair Use policies.

Nate Bolt created a wonderful two minute time lapse video of his Air France flight from SFO in San Francisco to Charles de Gaulle in Paris. Keep a eye out for a special guest appearance by a beautiful Aurora Borealis starting around 1:08. Watch it on YouTube.

By the way, even if you don't have the Kindle DEVICE, you can still own Kindle (software) and a ton of free (Kindle) books - on your Windows or Mac OS X laptop or desktop. Kindle also supports other e-book formats, including PDFs.